Bastrop County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Joseph Henry, Bastrop County, Texas, 1867
Joseph Henry registered to vote in Bastrop County on August 14, 1867. He reported Georgia as his birthplace and 3 years in Texas. The registrar wrote "Colored Voter" beside his name. Bastrop County registered 946 freedmen in 1867, 47% of its voters.
- Georgia
- Birthplace
- 3 years
- In Texas
- about 1864
- Reached Texas
- 2 years
- Elsewhere in Texas
What the register records
From 1860 to 1870
Joseph Henry
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Joseph Henry
- Place of birth
- Georgia
- County of registration
- Bastrop County
- Precinct
- 1
- Registered
- August 14, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 3 years
- Years in Bastrop County
- 1 month
- Years in the precinct
- 1 month
- Years in Texas before Bastrop County
- 2 years
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored Voter"
Elsewhere in Texas
2 yearsJoseph Henry reported 2 years more in Texas than in Bastrop County.
Other freedmen named Henry in Bastrop County
- Henry Henryborn in Texas, reached Texas about 1842
- James Henryborn in Texas, reached Texas about 1848
- Robert Henryborn in Louisiana, reached Texas about 1847
Henrys elsewhere in Texas
Sources
This entry comes from the 1867 to 1870 Texas voter registration, the Texas Secretary of State registration lists held by the Texas State Library and Archives Commission. It sits on page 38 of the Bastrop County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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